Preliminary Programme (as of January 24, 2018)

32nd Annual Conference EMDS2018 The cross-road between macrophages and dendritic cells: from immunometabolism to single cell fate Polo Didattico “Giorgio Zanotto”, Verona, Italy 27-29 September, 2018

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

THURSDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER

9.00 - 19.00 Registration of Participants

11.00 - 11.30 OPENING REMARKS Vincenzo Bronte & Ursula Grohmann, Chairs, Organizing Scientific Committee Nicola Sartor, Rector of the University of the Study of Verona Alfredo Guglielmi, President of the Verona School of Medicine Oliviero Olivieri, Director of the Department of Medicine Francesco Cobello, General Director of the Hospital Trust of Verona

11.30 - 12.30 KEYNOTE LECTURE Chair: Ursula Grohmann (University of Perugia) Kenneth Murphy (School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA). DC cell subsets

12.30 - 13.30 Brunch

13.30 - 15.00 SESSION 1. Myeloid cell subsets Co-chairs: Patrizia Scapini (University of Verona), Susanna Mandruzzato (University of Padova), Francesca Fallarino (University of Perugia) 13.30 Michele De Palma (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) 14.00 Gianluca Matteoli (University of Leuven, Belgium) 14.30 Zvi Granot (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

14.30 -15.00 Two selected abstracts for oral presentations

15.00-16.00 Coffee break and poster viewing

16.00-18.00 SESSION 2. Cancer Co-chairs: Giampaolo Tortora (University of Verona), Aldo Scarpa (University of Verona), Paolo Puccetti (University of Perugia) 16.00 Benoit Van den Eynde (Ludwig Cancer Research, UK) 16.30 Dimitry Gabrilovich (The Wistar Institute of Philadelphia, USA) 17.00 Karen De Visser (Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands)

17.30 -18.00 Two selected abstracts for oral presentations

18.00-19.00 HAPPY HOUR LECTURE Chair: Vincenzo Bronte (University of Verona) TBD

19.00 – 20.00 Welcome Cocktail

FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER

8.30-10.30 SESSION 3. Infections Co-chairs: Giuseppe Cornaglia (University of Verona), Marco Antonio Cassatella (University of Verona), Peter Murray (Max-Planck-Institute, Germany) 8.30 Alexander Steinkasserer (University of Erlangen, Germany) 9.00 Laurence Zitvogel (Institut Gustave Roussy of Paris, France) 9.30 Luigina Romani (University of Perugia, Italy)

10.00 -10.30 Two selected abstracts for oral presentations

10.30- 12.00 SESSION 4. Single cell analysis of myeloid cells Co-chairs: Dimitry Gabrilovich (The Wistar Institute of Philadelphia, USA), TBD 10.30 Joachim Schultze (Limes-Institut-Bonn, Germany) 11.00 TBD 11.30 Ido Amit (Weizmann Institute of Science , Israel )

12.00 -12.30 Two selected abstracts for oral presentations

12.30 -14.00 Lunch break

14.00 -15.00 Poster view

15.00 – 16.30 SESSION 5. Myeloid cells in tissues Co-chairs: Gabriela Constantin (University of Verona), Antonella Viola (University of Padova), Ilaria Marigo (Instituto Oncologico Veneto, IOV; Padova, Italy) 15.00 Sandrine Henri (Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, France) 15.30 Laura Santambrogio (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA) 16.00 Marco Prinz (University of Freiburg, Germany)

16.30 -17.00 Two selected abstracts for oral presentations

17.00-17.30 Coffee break

17.30-18.00 PRESENTATION OF TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS Co-chairs: Vincenzo Bronte (University of Verona), Ursula Grohmann (University of Perugia), Dimitry Gabrilovich (The Wistar Institute of Philadelphia, USA)

18.00-19.00 HAPPY HOUR LECTURE Chair: Dimitry Gabrilovich (The Wistar Institute of Philadelphia, USA) TBD

20.00 Social Dinner

SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER

8.30-10.30 SESSION 6. Immunometabolism Co-chairs: Stefano Ugel (University of Verona), Giada Mondanelli (University of Perugia), Luigina Romani (University of Perugia) 8.30 Peter Murray P. (Max-Planck-Institute, Germany) 9.00 Miguel Soares (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal) 9.30 Paolo Puccetti (University of Perugia, Italy)

10.00-10.30 Two selected abstracts for oral presentations

10.30-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-12.00 FAREWELL LECTURE Chair: Laurance Zitvogel (Institut Gustave Roussy of Paris, France] TBD

12.00-12.30 CONCLUDING REMARKS Vincenzo Bronte, Ursula Grohmann